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DIY sous vide short ribs
What is sous vide? Sous vide is a method of cooking where food is vacuum sealed in plastic bags and then cooked in water at low temperatures for extended periods of time. Some benefits of cooking in...
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Happy Holidays :)
It’s that time of the year again.. I still can’t believe how fast this year flew by. Just another week and we’ll be in 2010. Amazing. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May...
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Ribeye – Sous Vide
Hypothesis: Ribeye is my favorite cut of meat. I enjoy the crispy bits of fat on the ends and sides of a good ribeye steak when grilled or seared. I love the texture and taste of a good ribeye....
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DIY sous vide short ribs part 2
As promised, here are the final pics of the 48 hour short ribs (I ended up doing them for 54 hours because I didn’t like the texture after the 48 hour sous vide). Conclusion? Loved them. I do however...
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DIY smoked baby back ribs
With Christmas over and a half day at work (woo!) I decided to smoke some ribs at home. I’m using my Brinkmann Gas Smoker for this smoke only because the Great Outdoors Smoker is a bit too large for...
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DIY – An’s “famous” garlic noodles
Craving garlic noodles and some crab, the wifey and I decided to try AnQi (Crustacean / Thanh Long) last night at Bloomingdales in South Coast Plaza. We shared an appetizer (salmon tartar), she had...
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Hanger steak in sous vide
So I’ve been playing around with sous vide a lot lately and decided to prepare some hanger steak. I made two different bags each with an eight ounce portion and set them in the water bath at 136...
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Can we really overcook in sous vide? trial 1
If you have read my previous post then you would know that I had overcooked a piece of hanger steak in sous vide by leaving it in for more than the recommended time (45mins). The meat looked its...
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Can we really overcook in sous vide? update
In my previous post I mentioned that I would be cooking 4 steaks of equal size and weight for different durations at 131 degrees F. The test is done and the pics are below: (allow me to apologize in...
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Happy New Year!
I know it’s late and all but just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year, it’s been a busy week at work and I haven’t had much time to post. Just wanted to let you all know that I have gotten a...
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